Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, March 15, 1989
9-Week Grade Period Ok'd
Kings Mountain Board of Education Monday night
approved the longer grading period as teachers voted
137-79 to return to a nine week reporting period.
Next year students will get two fewer report cards
but parents will be sent interim reports between report
cards to update them on their children's progress.
The system changed from a nine-week reporting
system to six-week reporting system in 1986 but
teachers in the upper grades found they had too few
grades after six weeks to issue meaningful report
cards, said Supt. Bob McRae and Jane King, Director
of Instruction. Dr. McRae said 63.5% of teachers re-
sponding to a survey at eight schools favored the re-
turn to the nine week report card. McRae said that the
change to issuing interim reports passed by narrow
margins at the Secondary School level but elementary
school teachers were overwhelming in their support
because they had been used to issuing interim reports
as common practice. "The vote represented a clear
opinion on the part of teachers," McRae told the board.
In other actions, the board:
Approved the popular summer basketball camp
coached by Larry Sipe for June 12-17 at cost of $40
per student. The registration fee includes cost of bas-
ketball, t-shirt and certificate for each student.
Commended five Outstanding teachers in program
areas: Beverly Moffett, elementary math; Sallie
Hendricks, math; Pattie Weathers, elementary science;
Joe Rountree, high school science; and Ethel
Bumgardner, language-arts.
Commended KMSHS students for their highly suc-
cessful, "Music Man" and director Betsy Wells as a
"terrific effort of students."
Commended Food Service staff for hosting
Sunday's well-attended luncheon at KMSHS Cafeteria
for benefit of the group's scholarship program.
Approved pool guidelines at the new Kathryn
Natatorium, noting that rules will be posted at the pool
which spell out that eating and drinking in the pool
area is prohibited. During open swim activities conces-
sions will be available by the Pool Foundation on the
upper level. Rental fees begin at $75 for group use
which requires one paid lifeguard for every 15 swim-
mers who must be validated by the school system. KM
Council Filing Fees May Increase
Candidates who file for seats on the Kings
Mountain City Council would find their filing fees
upped if commissioners take recommendation of the
Board of Elections to up the fees.
Currently, the fee is $5 for city commissioner candi-
dates and $10 for mayoral candidates.
The Council is expected to act on the request of the
City Elections Board at the May meeting when the
board comes up for re-appointment.
Mrs. Rebecca T. Cook, chairman of the Elections
Board, wrote Mayor Kyle Smith that the Elections
board, which also includes Willie Marable and James
Carroll, feels that upping the fee will "cut down some
of the people running who are not serious about be-
coming council members." State statutes state that the
~ governing body shall have the authority to set the fil-
» Ing fee at dk less than $5 nor more than one percent of
* the annual shilary. ood
¢ Atone time candidates for mayor paid a $100 filing
fee. Mrs. Cook made no suggestion of the amount of
fees.
The Kings Mountain City Council's ad hoc person-
nel committee voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend that
Kings Mountain join Shelby in making Martin Luther
King's January birthday an official city holiday.
The full Council will act on the recommendation at
the March 28 meeting at City Hall.
City Manager George Wood said the request to hon-
or the slain civil rights leader came from local mem-
bers of the NCAAP about‘a month ago. Wood said the
personnel committee’ has met nine times since
The Kings
Mountain Little
Theater
will be holding auditions for
it's next production:
"MURDER TAKES
THE STAGE"
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Recreation Department will validate lifeguards when
the facility is open to the public.
Dr. Larry Allen, who made the recommendations for
adoption of guidelines for the pool operation, said he
had worked with representatives of the Indoor Pool
Foundation and KM Recreation Department in devel-
oping clear guidelines for a facility which will be well
monitored with all officials using caution while pro-
viding a place for recreation second to none in this
area. Rules for lifeguards will also be posted in the fa-
cility and lifeguards will be given authority to suspend
anyone from the pool facility who uses disruptive be-
haviour.
Supt. McRae invited school board members to at-
tend a special presentation on the "Basic Education
Plan” arranged by State Superintendent Bob Etheridge
Monday night at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the
Cleveland County Office Building on Post Road in
Shelby.
The Board voted to keep the Easter vacation "intact"
noting that if students miss any more school due to
snow or ice that the system will be forced to makeup
on two days of the Easter holiday calendar. The
amended calendar permits teachers to use June 12 as a
discretionary work day instead of Good Friday.
The Board set public hearing on the proposed 1989-
90 budget on April 10, the date of the regularly
scheduled April board meeting. The proposed budget
is expected to be released this week for public review.
The Board approved maternity leave requests from
Kim Wease, resource teacher at North School from
April 14-June 14 and Lisa McDowell, gifted/talented
teacher at North School, from April 28-June 14.
The Board accepted resignations from Thurman
Jordon, custodian/bus driver at KMSHS; C. M.
Lovelace, custodian, Central; Johnny Guiton, custodi-
an/bus driver, Central and granted leave of sbsence to
Johnny Reynolds, custodian/bus driver at KMJH
where Steve Edmonson will serve as interim drive-
r/custodian. The Board employed Arthur McClain as
custodian/driver at KMSHS, John Costner in mainte-
nance and Joann Queen, custodian/bus driver at
Central School.
Kings Mountain citizens will elect three councilmen
on Oct. 10. Seats of District II Councilman Humes
Houston, District V councilman Fred Finger and
District VI Councilman Harold Phillips are expiring.
The filing period for candidates opens at noon on
July 7 and closes at noon on Aug. 4. Registration
deadline for the election is Sept. 11. Should a run-off
be necessary it would be held on Nov. 7.
In her letter to Council Mrs. Cook said that if Kings
Mountain is planning to purchase some type of voting
system for counting votes the decision must be made
before August because approval is needed from the
State Elections Office and the U. S. Justice
Department. :
Each year of municipal elections the City Council
Not more than two members of the boatd shal belo
appoints a municipal board of elections prior to June »
‘to the same political party. On Monday before the fil.
ing period opens for elections in the city the new board
meets at City Hall to take the oath of office. : {
December to develop personnel policies in conjunction
with a study made by Municipal Advisors Inc. and
the 27 page policy will be presented to the City
Council for study by Friday. The Council will act on
the personnel policy at the March 28 meeting.
The Ad Hoc committee includes Councilmen
Humes Houston, Jackie Barrett and Mayor Kyle Smith
with Wood and Personnel Director Charles Webber
serving ex-officio.
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